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  • Summer Residential for Film Fans

    Summer Residential for Film Fans

    Showroom Cinema are looking for enthusiastic film fans aged 16-19 for their BFI Film Academy Summer Residential! You’ll gain experience and insight into indie cinema through workshops delivered by industry professionals. Plus, you’ll even get to put on your own film festival at Showroom Cinema! Apply by 1st July.

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  • D/deaf Participants Needed for Research Video

    D/deaf Participants Needed for Research Video

    Sheffield University’s Faculty of Social Sciences are working with academics from the School of Education to create a video for a research project into how captions in films and TV could be changed to improve Deaf audiences’ viewing. They are looking for two people who identify as D/deaf and use BSL as their first language to appear in the video and you will be paid for your time.

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  • BFI Film Academy Applications 2023 Now Open

    BFI Film Academy Applications 2023 Now Open

    Are you in your late teens and interested in film making? Well you could be on course for success by applying to take part in the British Film Institute’s learning programme based at the Showroom in Sheffield from this November to next February. Applications close on 16 October 2023.

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  • BFI Film Academy Applications Now Open

    BFI Film Academy Applications Now Open

    Are you in your late teens and would love to be involved in making movies? This course at the Showroom Cinema from Wednesday 2nd November until Saturday 4th February welcomes young people from all backgrounds and gives participants a real insight into the world of film making.The deadline for applications is Monday October 24th at 2pm.

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  • I Didn't See You There

    I Didn't See You There

    Part of Sheffield DocFest this unflinching first-person journey film, seen from the perspective of disabled filmmaker Reid Davenport, highlights how differently the world appears to him.Showing at various venues on 23, 24 or 28 June.

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  • BFI Film Academy Applications 2022 Now Open

    BFI Film Academy Applications 2022 Now Open

    Are you in your late teens and interested in film? Well you could be on course for success by applying to take part in a learning programme based at the Showroom in Sheffield.The British Film Institute is recruiting for their specialist Programming Residential aimed at 16–19-year-old film fans across the UK. The deadline for applications is 11th July 2022.

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  • Participants Needed for Documentary on Disability Hate Crime

    Participants Needed for Documentary on Disability Hate Crime

    Disabled film maker Richard Butchins is looking for strong case studies of people who would be willing to talk on camera about their personal experiences around Hate Crime.

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  • BFI Film Academy Applications 2019 - 20 Now Open

    BFI Film Academy Applications 2019 - 20 Now Open

    Do you dream of a career in the film industry?The BFI Film Academy are recruiting twenty young people aged 16-19 to take part in the academy here in Sheffield at the Showroom cinema.The course runs from Wednesday 6th November 2019 until Saturday 25th January 2019 – the deadline for applications is Saturday 26rd October at midday.

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  • Films by 'Experts by Experience' wanted for Sheffield Film Fest

    Are you an Expert by Experience (Service User, Person with Experience of Services)? Have you, or your group, made a short film about what it’s like to have social care or other services?Then you might be just the person/people South Yorkshire Teaching Partnership is looking for to have your film join the feast of films to be screened at their Film Festival on Friday 22nd February.

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  • BFI Film Academy 2018-19 Applications Now Open

    The BFI Film Academy are recruiting twenty young people aged 16-19 to take part in the academy at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield from Wednesday 7th November until Saturday 26th January. The deadline for applications is Tuesday October 23rd at midday.

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